Today's Stimuli

August 26, 2014

DOING THE WORK
 
CLAIMING YOUR I AM

Because we are repeating this exercise, you may be tempted to skip it.  We are encouraging you to resist that temptation.Inner work is not linear.  It is a process that continually takes you deeper into your own consciousness. 
 




CALLING IN THE GOOD 
 
Using a sheet of lined paper, write 7 statements beginning with, "I Am . . ."

These are to be positive, powerful, energizing, affirming statements of what you now believe to be true about who you are in the world. Pick one statement that resonates strongly and demonstrate that attribute throughout the day.
 

  

Surrender refers to a state of physical, mental, and emotional inaction which provides an energetic opening which facilitates Divine Presence and activity.

 

Surrender refers to the yielding or giving over of self, desires, intentions and outcomes which is not equivalent to disinterest. Rather, surrender is a state of detachment from the details and controlling the details related to how the outcome must or will unfold.

 

It is a state of neutrality which allows events to unfold without limitation, judgment or resistance. 

Surrender is the active state of remembrance that there is a divine law and order to activities and events.

As a state of consciousness and being, surrender means being flexible, willing and open to the flow, influence, energy and power of Divine Presence.

In the realm of common experience, surrender is thought of as giving up, as in defeat.  In the spiritual realm, surrender is giving overto a powerful, higher presence which takes into account the interests and well being of all involved.
 
In a state of surrender without attachment to how or when things must occur, we become receptive and obedient to the inner voice which may offer opportunities and possi-bilities which were not considered.

The greatest demonstration of surrender is in the choice not to indulge toxic emotions (e.g., anger, guilt, shame, etc.). To surrender a negative emotion requires acknow- ledgment that it exists and the choice not to allow it to control thought or behavior.  

 


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  LIFTING THE VEIL        
 
Mother Father God, today I know You as my life source and my life force. Today, I acknowledge this life source is activated in every situation in my life.

 

Reveal to me precious Lord, what it is I need to see, hear, or be so that Your voice is louder than the fears that keep me stuck. Lift the veil of self-deception and the habit of scarcity thinking. Lift the veil of the abusive behaviors - the self-abuse and those I have allowed from others. Lift the Veil.

 

Create in me a clean heart. As Your voice becomes more present and the veil is lifted, I see Your works clearly. I surrender self-denial and self-deception. I surrender the habit of self-betrayal. I surrender hearing what I want to hear. I surrender the desire to have everything stay the way I want it to be. Lift the veil, precious Lord, and help me to see things as You would want me to see.

 

I thank You now and always for Your expression of love to and for me.

 

I thank You for the lifting of everything that has been unlike You. I thank You for Your untiring blessing upon me and my family and loved ones.

 

I praise Your holy name. In the name of the Way-shower, I call into being Your clear vision for my life.

 

And so it is. . . . 

 

Rev. Lydia Ruiz

 

 

 
     

I surrender and release the control

I think I have over my life.

 

I surrender all anxieties I have about

relationships and allow love to

 come into my life.

 

I surrender my fears and allow

Divine Wisdom to guide me.

 

I surrender my need for approval

and accept myself the way I am.

 

I surrender any need I think I have

for unhealthy foods and I now

 support my body temple with

beneficial, nutritious food

that promotes good health.

 

I surrender all thoughts that

I am unlovable,  my heart is

now open and I radiate love.

 

I surrender all negative thoughts

and fill  my mind with gratitude

for my wonderful life.

 

 

  


                          

 

Surrender is the active reminder that there is a divine law in operation, and that we are always accountable to the law.  Surrender is an admission that we cannot make anything happen. However, if we are in alignment with the law, we will always get what we deserve. If we are not in alignment, it simply means we must do the work to make ourselves so.

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Surrender allows us to face the thing we fear before it becomes a reality. The fear of being wrong. The fear of losing control. The fear of being found out. Most of the time, the thing we fear has absolutely no power, yet we brace ourselves for the worst possibility. In that defensive posture we keep our minds fixed on what could or might happen. The fear of facing that imaginary negative outcome is what keeps us paralyzed. Surrender places us in the offensive position. It gives us the opportunity to plan, and to move according to the plan.

  

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Surrender helps you to become willing to live through the experience, without giving your entire life over to it. It also makes room in your heart and mind for the Divine to give you a new idea. A new thought. When you surrender, give up the fear thoughts, and give up the control of a situation, you open the way for a miracle to take place.

 

    

Excerpts from One Day My Soul Just Opened Up  
by
Iyanla Vanzant 
       
  

Iyanla Fix My Life  on  OWN
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Tapping the Power Within:

The Wonder Woman Weekend

 

October 31st to November 2nd 2014

  

If you are waiting for life to become the wondrous adventure you always dreamed it could be...The Wonder Woman Weekend is for you!  For more information click here. 

 

 

 

    

 

 Something for the Men  

 

Be Smart About Getting Your Finances In Order  

 

These days it's easy to get organized as you start out because everything is online. Set up online folders to save the documents you get from your employer: retirement plan documents, loan payments, or any kind of document you'll need for reference if something happens.

 

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